Every year crossbench
meers sponsor or support many of the thousands of amendments that are made to
Bills as they complete their stages through the House of Lords. Many of these either make it directly on to the Statute
Books or result in compromise amendments being agreed with the Government of
the day.
Crossbenchers sponsor a number of Private Members' Bills
every year, some of which make it on to the Statute Books. General Elections
and tight legislative time tables sometimes prevent these Bills from completing
all their stages. Sometimes Peers may table such Bills with a view to
influencing public debate or future Government Bills.
Independent Crossbench Peers have delivered many reports
that have provided a framework for legislation or that have influenced public
policy. Some Crossbenchers have been commissioned by the Government of the day
to deliver such reports while others have chaired investigations by Lords
Committees or independent public inquiries.
Click here for details of Crossbench Private Members'
Bills that have become Law.
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have provided frameworks for Government legislation or that have influenced
public policy.
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Baroness Hayman.
Commons Sponsor: Sir George Young MP.
"A Bill to make provision empowering the House of Lords to expel or suspend members."
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015
Baroness Hayman�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 24 October 2014)
Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Best.
Commons Sponsor: Richard Bacon MP.
"A Bill to place a duty on local authorities to keep a register of individuals and community groups who have expressed an interest in acquiring land to bring forward self-build and custom-build projects and to take account of and make provision for the interests of those on such registers in developing their housing initiatives and their local plans; to allow volume house builders to include self-build and custom-build projects as contributing towards their affordable housing obligations, when in partnership for this purpose with a Registered Social Landlord; and for connected purposes. "
Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015
Lord Best�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 6 February 2015)
Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Act 2013
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Stevenson of Coddenham.
Commons Sponsor: Gavin Barwell MP.
"To reduce the stigma and negative perceptions associated with mental illness. It would repeal legislative provisions that can prevent people with mental health conditions from serving as Members of Parliament, members of the devolved legislatures, jurors, or company directors."
Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Act 2013
Lord Stevenson�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 18 Jan 2013)
Mobile Homes Act 2013
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Best.
Commons Sponsor: Peter Aldous MP.
" A Bill to amend the law relating to mobile homes."
Mobile Homes Act 2013
Lord Best�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 1 Feb 2013)
Antarctic Act 2013
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Viscount Montgomery.
Commons Sponsor: Neil Carmichael MP.
"A Bill to make provision consequential on Annex VI to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty; to amend the Antarctic Act 1994; and for connected purposes."
Antarctic Act 2013
Lord Ramsbotham�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 18 Jan 2013)
Prisons (Property) Act 2013
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Ramsbotham.
Commons Sponsor: Stuart Andrew MP.
"A Bill to make provision for the destruction of certain property found in prisons and similar institutions."
Prisons (Property) Act 2013
Lord Ramsbotham�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 18 Jan 2013)
Prisions(Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Laming.
Commons Sponsor: Sir Paul Beresford MP.
"A Bill to make provision about interference with wireless telegraphy in prisons and similar institutions."
Prisions(Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012
Lord Laming�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 9 November 2012)
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2010-12
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Laming.
Commons Sponsor: Sir Paul Beresford MP.
"An Act to amend section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 to include serious harm to a child or vulnerable adult; to make consequential amendments to the Act; and for connected purposes."
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2010-12
Lord Laming�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 27 Jan 2012)
Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc.) Act 2010
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Best.
Commons Sponsor: Dr Brian Iddon MP.
�An Act to protect persons whose tenancies are not binding on mortgagees and to require mortgagees to give notice of the proposed execution of possession orders.�
Text of the Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc.) Act 2010
Lord Best�s Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 30 March 2010)
Ragwort Control Act 2003
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Baroness Masham of Ilton. Commons Sponsor: Mr J
Greenway MP.
"An Act to amend the Weeds Act 1959 in relation to ragwort; and
for connected purposes."
Text of the Ragwort Control Act 2003
Baroness Masham of Ilton's Second Reading Speech and
Debate (House of Lords Hansard, 17 October 2003)
National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Act 2003
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Walpole.
Commons Sponsor: Mr K Simpson MP.
"An Act to make provision about the funding of endowments from
distributions of money out of the National Lottery Distribution Fund; and for
connected purposes."
Text of the National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Act
2003
Lord Walpole's Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of
Lords Hansard, 11 July 2003)
Explanatory Notes for the National Lottery (Funding of
Endowments) Act 2003
Census Amendment Act 2000
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Weatherill.
Commons Sponsor: Mr J Sayeed MP.
"An Act to amend the Census Act 1920 to enable particulars to be
required in respect of religion."
Text of the Census Amendment Act 2000
Lord Weatherill's Second Reading Speech and Debate (House
of Lords Hansard, 27 January 2000)
Explanatory Notes for the Census Amendment Act 2000
Protection of Children Act 1999
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Laming.
Commons Sponsor: Ms D Shipley MP.
"An Act to require a list to be kept of persons considered
unsuitable to work with children; to extend the power to make regulations under
section 218(6) of the Education Reform Act 1988; to make further provision with
respect to that list and the list kept for the purposes of such regulations; to
enable the protection afforded to children to be afforded to persons suffering
from mental impairment; and for connected purposes."
Text of the Protection of Children Act 1999
Lord Laming's Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of
Lords Hansard, 21 May 1999)
Explanatory Notes for the Protection of Children Act 1999
Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act 1999
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Ackner.
Commons Sponsor: Mr C Mullin MP.
"An Act to make provision enabling verdicts of guilty but insane
to be referred to and reviewed by the Court of Appeal."
Text of the Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act 1999
Lord Ackner's Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of
Lords Hansard, 23 March 1999)
Explanatory Notes for the Criminal Cases Review
(Insanity) Act
Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Elis-Thomas.
Commons Sponsor: Mr C Dafis MP.
"An Act to make further provision for road traffic reduction
targets; and for related purposes."
Text of the Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act
1998
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Lord Elis-Thomas's Second Reading Speech and Debate
(House of Lords Hansard, 5 June 1998)
Land Registration Act 1997
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Browne-Wilkinson.
Commons Sponsor: Mr M Stephen MP.
"An Act to amend the Land Registration Act 1925."
Text of the Land Registration Act 1997
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Lord Browne-Wilkinson's Second Reading Speech and Debate
(House of Lords Hansard, 18 November 1996)
Theft (Amendment) Act 1996
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Goff of Chieveley.
Commons Sponsor: Mr R Spring MP.
"An Act to amend the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act 1978; and
for connected purposes."
Text of the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996
Lord Goff's Second Reading Speech and Debate
(House of Lords Hansard, 14 November 1996)
Treasure Act 1996
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Earl of Perth.
Commons Sponsor: Sir A Grant MP.
"An Act to abolish treasure trove and to make fresh provision in
relation to treasure."
Text of the Treasure Act 1996
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The Earl of Perth's Second Reading Speech and Debate
(House of Lords Hansard, 5 June 1996)
Party Wall etc. Act 1996
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Earl of Lytton.
Commons Sponsor: Sir S Chapman MP.
"An Act to make provision in respect of party walls, and
excavation and construction in proximity to certain buildings or structures;
and for connected purposes."
Text of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996
The Earl of Lytton's Second Reading Speech and Debate
(House of Lords Hansard, 31 January 1996)
Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Mustill.
Commons Sponsor: Mr G Streeter MP.
"An Act to amend the law relating to the sale of unascertained
goods forming part of an identified bulk and the sale of undivided shares in
goods."
Text of the Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995
Lord Mustill's Second Reading Speech and Debate (House of
Lords Hansard, 3 May 1995)
Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Donaldson of Lymington.
Commons Sponsor: Mr D Harris MP.
"An Act to make further provision in relation to marine salvage
and marine pollution and the discharge of functions of the Secretary of State
in connection therewith; and for purposes connected with those purposes."
Text of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act
1994
Chiropractors Act 1994
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Walton of Detchant.
Commons Sponsor: Mr D Lidington MP.
" An Act to establish a body to be known as the General
Chiropractic Council; to provide for the regulation of the chiropractic
profession, including making provision as to the registration of chiropractors
and as to their professional education and conduct; to make provision in
connection with the development and promotion of the profession; to amend, and
make provision in connection with, the Osteopaths Act 1993; and for connected
purposes."
Text of the Chiropractors Act 1994
Video Recordings Act 1993
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Birkett.
Commons Sponsor: Mr G Brandreth MP.
"An Act to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984 and, so far as it
relates to evidence by certificate in respect of offences under the 1984 Act,
the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980."
Text of the Video Recordings Act 1993
Osteopaths Act 1993
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Walton of Detchant.
Commons Sponsor: Mr M Moss MP.
"An Act to establish a body to be known as the General
Osteopathic Council; to provide for the regulation of the profession of
osteopathy, including making provision as to the registration of osteopaths and
as to their professional education and conduct; to make provision in connection
with the development and promotion of the profession; and for connected
purposes."
Text of the Osteopaths Act 1993
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Goff of Chieveley.
Commons Sponsor: Mr R Page MP.
"An Act to replace the Bills of Lading Act 1855 with new
provision with respect to bills of lading and certain other shipping
documents."
Text of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Henderson of Brompton.
Commons Sponsor: Mr M Brandon-Bravo MP.
"An Act to make provision with respect to anonymity in
connection with allegations of, and criminal proceedings relating to, certain
sexual offences."
Text of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992
Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Kilmarnock.
Commons Sponsor: Mrs R Barnes MP.
"An Act to amend the law in respect of the definition of
still-birth; to make certain consequential amendments of the law; and for
connected purposes."
Text of the Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992
Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Allen of Abbeydale.
Commons Sponsor: Mr J Greenway MP.
"An Act to amend the law relating to the special verdict and
unfitness to plead; to increase the powers of courts in the event of defendants
being found to be insane or unfit to plead; and to provide for a trial of the
facts in the cases of defendants found to be unfit to plead."
Text of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to
Plead Act 1991
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Allen of Abbeydale.
Commons Sponsor: Mr R Gale MP.
"An Act to amend the provisions of the Gaming Act 1968 relating
to premises licensed or registered under Part II of that Act."
Text of the Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990
Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Act 1990
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Baroness Masham of Ilton.
Commons Sponsor: Mr H Greenway MP.
"An Act to secure the wearing of protective headgear by children
while horse riding; to prescribe offences and penalties; and for connected
purposes."
Text of the Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders)
Act 1990
Representation of the People Act 1990
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Allen of Abbeydale.
Commons Sponsor: Mr A Beaumont-Dark MP.
"An Act to provide for a person no longer resident at his
qualifying address or at any other address in the same area to be eligible for
an absent vote for an indefinite period at Parliamentary elections in the
United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain."
Text of the Representation of the People Act 1990
Hearing Aid Council (Amendment) Act 1989
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Allen of Abbeydale.
Commons Sponsor: Mr IW Jones MP.
"An Act to amend the Hearing Aid Council Act 1968 in order to
make further provision for the regulation, conduct and discipline of persons
engaged in dispensing hearing aids; to amend the composition of the Hearing Aid
Council; and for purposes connected with those matters."
Text of the Hearing Aid Council (Amendment) Act 1989
Billiards (Abolition of Restrictions) Act 1987
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Lord Allen of Abbeydale.
Commons Sponsor: Mr P Pike MP.
"An Act to abolish, as regards England and Wales, the
restrictions by way of licensing or otherwise on the public playing of
billiards, bagatelle and other games of the like kind, and a related power of
entry."
Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Baroness Masham of Ilton.
Commons Sponsor: Mr T Clarke MP.
"An Act to provide for the improvement of the effectiveness of,
and the co-ordination of resources in, the provision of services for people
with mental or physical handicap and for people with mental illness; to make
further provision for the assessment of the needs of such people; to establish
further consultative processes and representational rights for such people; and
for connected purposes."
Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985
Lords (Crossbench) Sponsor: Baroness Masham of Ilton.
Commons Sponsor: Mrs M Roe MP.
"An Act to prohibit female circumcision."
EU Sub-Committee F - Home Affairs, Health and Education - Publications Session 2010-12
Lord Hannay of Chiswick is Chair of this Sub-Committee which has two other Crossbench members � Baroness Prashar and The Earl of Stair.
The Committee has produced several high-profile Reports in the 2010-12 session including:
� The United Kingdom opt-in to the draft directive on proceeds of crime
� The Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe
� The EU Drugs Strategy
� Safety First: Mobility of Healthcare Professionals in the EU
� The EU Internal Security Strategy
� Grassroots Sport and the European Union
� The United Kingdom opt-in to the Passenger Name Record directive
� Implementing the Stockholm Programme: home affairs
� Money laundering: data protection for suspicious activity reports
� Subsidiarity assessment: admission of third-country nationals as seasonal workers
Link to the House of Lords Science & Technology Committee Reports, 2010-12
House of Lords Science & Technology Committee Reports, 2010-12
Lord Krebs is Chair of this statutory Committee which has two other Crossbench members � Lord Broers and Lord Patel.
The Committee has produced several high-profile Reports in the 2010-12 session including:
� Public Procurement and Innovation
� Behaviour Change
� Nuclear Research and Development Activities
� The Role and Functions of Departmental Chief Scientific Advisors
� Science and Heritage, a follow up report
Link to the House of Lords Science & Technology Committee Reports, 2010-12
Committee on Climate Change reports
Lord Turner of Ecchinswell is Chair of this statutory Committee which has two other Crossbench members � Lord Krebs and Lord May.
This Committee undertakes annual reports to Parliament and other reviews.
Link to the Committee on Climate Change Reports
Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education: An Independent Review of Higher Education Funding & Student Finance, October 2010
The Review was chaired by Lord Browne of Madingley
�An independent Panel to review the funding of higher education and make recommendations to ensure that teaching at our HEIs is sustainably financed, that the quality of that teaching is world class and that our HEIs remain accessible to anyone who has the talent to succeed.�
Link to the Browne Review of Higher Education Funding & Student Finance, October 2010
The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, June 2010
The Inquiry was chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate
�The object of the Inquiry was to examine the circumstances that led to loss of life in connection with the civil rights march in Londonderry on 30th January 1972. Thirteen civilians were killed by Army gunfire on the day. The day has become generally known as Bloody Sunday, which is why at the outset we called this Inquiry the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. In 1972 Lord Widgery, then the Lord Chief Justice of England, held an inquiry into these same events.�
Link to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, June 2010
The Stern Review: A Report by Baroness Vivien Stern CBE of an independent review into how rape complaints are handled by the public authorities in England and Wales, March 2010
The Review was led by Baroness Stern
�Our terms of reference required us to look at the response of public authorities to rape complaints. We were asked to consider how the response could be improved so that more victims might report what had happened to them; more cases would end with prosecution and conviction; and victims would receive better treatment. We were not looking at child sexual abuse, which is a topic in its own right. Nor were we looking at possible changes in the law.�
Link to the Stern Review of Rape Reporting, March 2010
Making it work: the European Social Fund. Report by the House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee on Social Policy and Consumer Affairs, March 2010
The Sub-Committee was chaired by Baroness Howarth of Breckland
�Our objectives for this inquiry were threefold:
� To assess the effectiveness of the ESF, both in meeting its objectives and in responding to the challenges raised by the financial crisis;
� To establish whether the policy priorities of the ESF need to be amended in the context of the economic recovery and the imminent adoption of Europe 2020 (see Box 1); and
� To make recommendations on the long-term role and functioning of the ESF, within the context of the EU Budget Review.�
Link to the House of Lords European Union Committee Report, March 2010
Nanotechnologies and Food. Report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, January 2010
The Sub-Committee was chaired by Lord Krebs
�We launched this inquiry into the use of nanotechnologies in the food sector to investigate whether nanotechnologies may indeed play a valuable role in the food sector, whether effective systems are in place to ensure that consumers are aware of and protected against any potential risks, and to understand and address some of the concerns that the public may have about these new technologies.�
Link to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee Report, January 2010
Genomic Medicine. Report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-Committee, July 2009
The Sub-Committee was chaired by Lord Patel
�In our inquiry, we have investigated these many aspects of genomic medicine, and make recommendations to ensure that the challenges afforded by advances in genomic science are met and the opportunities exploited.�
Link to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee Report, July 2009
The Turner Review: A regulatory response to the global banking crisis, March 2009
The Review was led by Lord Turner of Ecchinswell.
�The Chancellor of the Exchequer asked me in October 2008 to review the causes of the current crisis, and to make recommendations on the changes in regulation and supervisory approach needed to create a more robust banking system for the future. This Review responds to that remit, focusing on the fundamental and long-term questions. It does not address the short-term challenge of macroeconomic management over the next few years, though it does comment on ways in which the transition path to new more stable arrangements must be managed in the light of that short-term challenge. And its focus is on banking and bank-like institutions, and not on other areas of the financial services industry. �
Link to the Turner Review, March 2009
The Sutherland Inquiry into national curriculum test delivery, December 2008
The Inquiry was led by Lord Sutherland of Houndwood.
�The inquiry has been established because of problems that have arisen in the delivery of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 National Curriculum tests in 2008, leading to a delay in the release of results to schools from the planned date of 8 July."
Text of the Report of the Sutherland Inquiry, December 2008
Independent Committee on Climate Change
Lord Turner of Ecchinswell is Chair of this statutory Committee, which published its first report in December 2008.
�As a key part of the long-term legal framework set out in the draft Climate Change Bill published in March 2007, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is being created as a new expert body, which will independently assess how the UK can optimally achieve its emissions reductions goals for 2020 and 2050.
The Committee on Climate Change will be a high profile independent statutory non-departmental public body and will play a crucial part in the UK�s effort to tackle climate change.
The draft Climate Change Bill proposes that the CCC should advise Government:
� on the level of each five year carbon budget, consistent with the optimal trajectory towards the statutory 2050 and 2020 limits
� how much effort should be made in the UK and overseas
� how much effort should be made by the part of the economy covered by cap and trade schemes, and by the rest of the economy."
First reort of the establishment of the Independent Climate Change Committee, December 2008
House of Lords Science & Technology Committee Reports, 2007-08
The Committee was chaired by Lord Sutherland of Houndwood.
The Committee has produced several high-profile Reports in the 2007-08 session including:
� Waste Reduction
� Systematics and Taxonomy: Follow-up
� Personal Internet Security: Follow-up
� Air Travel and Health Update: Government Response.
Website of the House of Lords Science & Technology Committee
Independent Review into Disproportionate Regulatory Outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic Solicitors, July 2008
The Review was led by Lord Ouseley.
"This Report is about how black and minority ethnic (BME) solicitors are treated by the Solicitors� Regulation Authority (SRA).
It has been prepared following an extensive independent review of the work of the SRA, its approaches to equality and diversity in the profession, in its workforce, as a regulatory body, in all its activities and its responses to BME solicitors� complaints and concerns about differential treatment and disproportionality."
Link to the Ouseley Report on the Solicitor�s Regulation Authority, July 2008
Crossrail Bill - First Special Report, July 2008
The Committee was chaired by Viscount Colville of Culross.
"The Select Committee on the Crossrail Bill was appointed by the House of Lords on 17 January 2008 with the orders of reference �to consider the Crossrail Bill� ".
Website of the Crossrail Bill Committee
European Union Committee: Social and Consumer Affairs (Sub-Committee G)
The Committee was chaired by Baroness Howarth of Breckland.
During the 2007-8 session, the Sub-Committee produced numerous reports on EU-related topics including:
� Increasing the supply of donor organs within the European Union
� Current Developments in European Foreign Policy: Burma
� The Passenger Name Record (PNR) Framework Decision
� The European Union and Russia
� The Treaty of Lisbon: an impact assessment
� The Single Market: Wallflower or Dancing Partner?
� Protecting the consumers of timeshare products.
Website of EU Sub-Committee G
Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill - First Report, July 2008
The Committee was chaired by Lord Greenway.
"The Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill was appointed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords on 13 May 2008 to examine the draft Marine Bill and report to both Houses by 22 July 2008."
Website of the Draft Marine Bill Committee
Report of Lord Dearing's School Languages Review, March 2007
Lord Dearing led the Review.
The Education Secretary asked Lord Dearing to see what more could be done to encourage 14-16 year olds to study GCSE or other language courses leading to a recognised qualification.
Text of the Report of the Dearing School Languages Review on the website of the Department for Education
"Global health partnerships: the UK contribution to health in developing countries" - The Crisp Report, February 2007
Lord Crisp wrote the Report.
Lord Crisp wrote the report in response to an
invitation from the Prime Minister and the Secretaries of State for Health and International Development to look at how UK experience and expertise
in health could be used to best effect to help improve health in developing countries.
Text of the Crisp Report on the Department of Health website
House of Lords Science & Technology Committee Reports, 2005 - 2006
Lord Broers is Chairman of the Committee.
Drawing on top scientific expertise in the House of Lords, the varied Reports of this Committee influence public policy around the world.
S&T; Committee Reports page on the House of Lords website
Homes for rural communities: Report of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Rural Housing Policy Forum, April 2006
Lord Best and Mark Shuksmith wrote the Report.
"The Joseph Rowntree Foundation set up the Rural Housing Policy Forum in 2005 to consider the issues around the problem of shortages of affordable housing in rural areas, and to suggest remedies.
After a series of formal meetings, and visits to rural communities in different parts of England, the Rural Housing Policy Forum has come to a number of key conclusions.
."
Text of the Report on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website
Second Report of the Pensions Commission, November 2005
Lord Turner of Ecchinswell was the Chair of the Commission.
The Pensions Commission was set up in 2002 to review the UK private pension system and long-term savings.
Website of the Pensions Commission
Joint science academies� statement: Global Response to Climate Change, June 2005
Lord May of Oxford initiated this historic global declaration.
This joint declaration of the G8 national science academies was also signed by those of Brazil, China and India. It represents the consensus of
world scientists concerning human activity and climate change and was signed ahead of the G8 Heads of Government meeting at Gleneagles, July 2005.
Press release and text of the Joint Declaration on the Royal Society website
Lords Select Committee Report on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, April 2005
Lord Joffe was the sponsor of the Bill.
"The Committee was appointed on 31 March 2004 to report on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL]."
Select Committee homepages on the Parliamentary website
"A more secure world: Our shared responsibility"
Report of the UN Secretary General�s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, December 2004
Lord Hannay of Chiswick was a member of the High Level Panel.
There were six clusters of threats identified by the Report:
� war between States;
� violence within States, including civil wars, large-scale human rights abuses
and genocide;
� poverty, infectious disease and environmental degradation;
� nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological weapons;
� terrorism;
� transnational organized crime.
United Nations website
Lloyd Public Inquiry into Gulf War Illnesses
Lord Lloyd of Berwick was Head of the Inquiry which reported in November 2004.
"To investigate the circumstances that have led to the ill health, and in some cases death, of over 6,000 British troops following deployment to the first Gulf War, and to report."
Website of the Lloyd Inquiry and Report
The Butler Review
Lord Butler of Brockwell was Chairman of the Review which reported to the House of Commons in July 2004. Lord Inge was also a member.
"Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction."
Website of the Butler Review and Report
The Hutton Report, January 2004
Lord Hutton was Chairman of the Inquiry.
"Investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of
Dr David Kelly."
Website of the Hutton Inquiry and Report
Report of the Acupuncture Regulatory Working Group, September 2003
Lord Chan of Oxton was Chairman of the Working Group.
"....to develop recommendations for the statutory regulation of acupuncture."
Homepages of the Acupuncture Regulatory Working Group on the Department of Health website
Report of the Lords Select Committee on Animals in Scientific Procedures, July 2003
Baroness Richardson of Calow and Baroness Warnock were members of the select
committee.
"....to conduct an inquiry into the use of animals in
scientific procedures in the United Kingdom."
Text of the Report of the Lords Select Committee on
Animals in Scientific Procedures
Report of the Lords Select Committee on Religious Offences in England and Wales, June 2003
Viscount Colville of Culross chaired and Lord Bhatia and Baroness Richardson of
Calow sat on the Select Committee.
"....to consider and report on the law relating to religious
offences."
Text of the Report of the Lords Select Committee on
Religious Offences in England and Wales
Second Report of the Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform, April 2003
Lord Weatherill and Viscount Bledisloe sat on the Joint Committee.
"....to consider issues relating to House of Lords reform."
Text of the Second Report of the Joint Committee on House
of Lords Reform
Report of the Victoria Climbi� Inquiry, January 2003
Lord Laming chaired the Inquiry.
"....The independent statutory inquiry set up to investigate the
circumstances leading to the death of Victoria Climbi� and to recommend action
to prevent such a tragedy happening again."
Website of the Victoria Climbi� Inquiry
SET FAIR - Report on Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, November 2002
Baroness Greenfield was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Trade &
Industry to write the Report.
"....report outlining a strong and effective approach for the UK
on the difficulties for women in science, with specific points of action."
Text of the Greenfield Report, November 2002
Text of the Government's Response to the Greenfield
Report, April 2003
Report of the Select Committee on Stem Cell Research, February 2002
The Earl of Carnarvon and Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve sat on the Select
Committee.
"....the Select Committee appointed to consider and report on
the issues connected with human cloning and stem cell research arising from the
Human Fertilisation (Research Purposes) Regulations 2001."
Text of the Report of the Select Committee on Stem Cell
Research
Report of the Lords Committee to review Chinook ZD 576 crash, January 2002
Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle chaired and Lord Tombs sat on the Committee.
"....Select Committee appointed to consider the justification
for the findings of those reviewing the conclusions of the RAF Board of Inquiry
that both pilots of the Chinook helicopter ZD 576 which crashed on the Mull of
Kintyre on 2 June 1994 were negligent."
Text of the Report of the Lords Select Committee on
Chinook ZD 576
Report of the Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry, June 2001
Lord Cullen chaired the Inquiry.
"....Part I of the Inquiry is concerned with the investigation
of the causes of the crash and the circumstances in which it occured. Part II
is concerned, in regard to the railways, with the management of safety and the
regulatory regime."
Text of Part I of the Report of the Ladbroke Grove Rail
Inquiry
Text of Part II of the Report of the Ladbroke Grove Rail
Inquiry
Text of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, which
followed Lord Cullen's Report
Report of the Select Committee on Science & Technology on the Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis, March 2001
Lord Lewis of Newnham, Lord Oxburgh, Lord Quirk and Lord Walton of Detchant sat
on the Select Committee.
"This Inquiry was convened to examine the current state of
research into the therapeutic uses of cannabis, the roles of the Home Office
and the Medicines Control Agency in the licensing of cannabis-based medicines,
and more recent issues relating to the prosecution of therapeutic cannabis
users."
Report of the Select Committee on Science &
Technology on the Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis
Seventh Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life: Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords, November 2000
Lord Neill of Bladen chaired the Committee.
"To examine current concerns about standards of conduct of all
holders of public office, including arrangements relating to financial and
commercial activities, and make recommendations as to any changes in present
arrangements which might be required to ensure the highest standards of
propriety in public life."
Text of the Seventh Report of the Committee on Standards
in Public Life: Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords
BSE Inquiry Report, October 2000
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers chaired the Inquiry.
"To establish and review the history of the emergence and
identification of BSE and variant CJD in the United Kingdom, and of the action
taken in response to it up to 20 March 1996; to reach conclusions on the
adequacy of that response, taking into account the state of knowledge at the
time; and to report on these matters to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretaries of State for
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland."
The BSE Inquiry Website
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England & Wales, June 2000
Lord Burns chaired the Committee of Inquiry.
"....To inquire into the practical aspects of different types of
hunting with dogs and its impact on the rural economy, agriculture and pest
control, the social and cultural life of the countryside, the management and
conservation of wildlife, and animal welfare in particular areas of England and
Wales; the consequences for these issues of any ban on hunting with dogs; and
how any ban might be implemented."
Website of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with
Dogs in England & Wales
Sixth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life: Reinforcing the Standards, January 2000
Lord Neill of Bladen chaired the Committee.
"....To examine current concerns about standards of conduct of
all holders of public office, including arrangements relating to financial and
commercial activities, and make recommendations as to any changes in present
arrangements which might be required to ensure the highest standards of
propriety in public life."
Text of the Sixth Report of the Committee on Standards in
Public Life: Reinforcing the Standards, January 2000
Royal Commission on Long Term Care for the Elderly, March 1999
Sir Stewart Sutherland (created Lord Sutherland in 2001) chaired the Royal
Commission.
"....to examine the short- and long-term options for a
sustainable system of funding of long-term care for elderly people, both in
their own homes and in other settings, and, within 12 months, to recommend how,
and in what circumstances, the cost of such care should be apportioned between
public funds and individuals, etc."
Text of the Royal Commission Report
Text of the Health and Social Care Act 2001, which
followed the Royal Commission Report
The Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Lord Saville of Newdigate is Chairman of the Inquiry.
"....that a Tribunal be established for inquiring into a
definite matter of urgent public importance, namely the events on Sunday 30
January 1972 which led to loss of life in connection with the procession in
Londonderry on that day, taking account of any new information relevant to
events on that day." - The Prime Minister's Statement to the House of Commons,
29 January 1998.
Website of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry